News and Analysis 9/28/22

As “Raisi, who had ordered an investigation into Amini’s death, said ‘forensics will present report on her death in the coming days’” …

• Iran President Says Amini’s Death Is ‘Tragic Incident’, but ‘Chaos’ Unacceptable (Reuters)

… there are signs spreading support…

• Iranian Teachers’ Union Charges Gov’t with Dishonoring Nation’s Girls, Recalling Theme of Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911 (Informed Comment)

… among high-profile Iranians for protests gripping the country and the government’s intent to end them”:

• Iran Protest Crackdown Engulfs Prominent Child of Revolution (Bloomberg)

“750 Palestinians [expelled] from 15 villages and hamlets … later … got a court decision to come back to their village, but it remained a firing zone”:

• I Saw What Turning the Palestinian Village of Masafer Yatta into an Israeli Military ‘Firing Zone’ Means (Waging Nonviolence)

If authentic, the “letter shows that … officials knew Amini had received head injuries during her arrest but have been insinuating that she had a brain problem previously and might have died from an illness, unrelated to her arrest”:

• A Hacked Letter Shows Iran Officials Knew Hijab Victim’s Injury (Iran International)

You know that Israel murdered two journalists this year. Did you know that they hold twenty more in prison?

• International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian Journalist: Two Killed this Year, 20 in Prison (Palestine Chronicle)

Convicted of trafficking, the defendants say they only tried to help gay people leave a country in which homosexuality is banned:

• Iran: UN Experts Demand Stay of Execution for Two Women LGBT Rights Activists (United Nations)

An agreement that “security forces would cease to arrest those wanted by Israel in Nablus, release those who were arrested … and refrain from prosecuting anyone who took part in them” lacks guarantees:

• Palestinian Authority Steps Up Arrests in Nablus Under Israeli, US Pressure (Al-Monitor)

The ban includes nine groups that together make “up about 200mn of India’s almost 1.4bn people”:

• India Bans Leading Muslim Group over Terrorism Accusations (Financial Times)

The system, “which includes the capacity to fire stun grenades, tear gas and sponge-tipped bullets … was placed in the center of a heavily populated area, with hundreds of people passing by”:

• Israeli Army Installs Remote-control Crowd Dispersal System at Hebron Flashpoint (Haaretz)

European diplomats claim that final negotiations focused on technical issues were set back when “the Iranians for the first time made closing the IAEA investigations a precondition of the deal”:

• Iran Deal’s Fate Comes Down to “One Huge Obstacle” (Axios)

In response to Israel’s crackdown on human rights groups, four such groups have united “to voice their support for Palestinian civil society and fight against abusive and prolonged occupation, annexation, impunity, and apartheid”:

• Joint Statement: States Should Act to Protect Human Rights in Palestine, and Dismantle Israel’s Apartheid (Human Rights Watch)

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